Edited by LIZZ SCHUMER
MEMOIR
In 2019 Jamison left the home she shared with her then husband and moved with their baby daughter to a nearby sublet. Here she looks back on that agonizing time and what it taught her about love’s limits, the remodeling of self that is motherhood, the “cruel politeness” of attempting amicability with her ex. “It was as if I’d stabbed him,” she writes, “and then offered him a plate of cookies.” Filled with heart, humor and unsparing insights, her searing memoir is a standout.
Contributors BOOKS KIM HUBBARD, CLAIRE MARTIN, WADZA MHUTE MOVIES BENJAMIN VANHOOSE
INSETS, FROM LEFT: GRACE ANN LEADBEATER; NICHOLAS NICHOLS; KIM FULLER PHOTOGRAPHY